"In 1950, Colville painted Nude and Dummy which marked his departure from reportage war images towards a more personally reflective direction and experienced a number of medium changes from oil to tempera to synthetic resins and acrylic polymer emulsions. Since that time, Colville has demonstrated his careful dedication to each composition and has produced only 3 or 4 pieces per year." http://www.mason-studio.com/journal/2011/12/alex-colville-importance-of-the-ordinary/